A man has been charged with murder after detectives found two bodies in Cornwall following a month-long search for a missing Bracknell man.

Thomas Haigh, 25, has been charged with the murder of David Griffiths and Brett Flournoy.

David, originally from Plymouth but living in Bracknell, and Brett, from Merseyside, had not been seen since arriving in Cornwall on Thursday, June 16.

Police say Brett is known to have picked David up in the Tamar Bridge car park at around 7pm on Thursday, June 16, in a white Citroen Bellingo van, which had ‘Tile Style’ written in brown on both sides.

They believe the men then travelled to Saltash.

David apparently told his family they were going to Newquay and would be picking up a friend in St Austell on the way, but they failed to book into the hotel as planned.

Last week detectives launched a double murder inquiry before concentrating their search on farmland in the St Austell area of Cornwall.

Indeed, it was there that officers uncovered a buried vehicle with extensive fire damage.

Police believe this could be the Citroen Berlingo van in which both men were travelling in.

Two bodies were also recovered from the vehicle.

Detective Inspector Costa Nassaris said: “We can now confirm we’ve recovered two bodies from the vehicle that was buried on farmland near St Austell.

“A post mortem examination has been conducted, but at this stage the bodies haven’t been formally identified. This is expected to take some time.

“The investigation continues to move at a fast pace.

“The families have been updated on the progress of the investigation and our thoughts are with them at this terrible time.”

On Monday, Haigh was arrested in the Huddersfield area of west Yorkshire on suspicion of murder. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Bodmin Magistrates' court today.

Last Friday, Ross Jan Stone, 28, of Trenance Downs, St Austell, was charged with disposing a corpse to obstruct a coroner. Stone appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Saturday where he was remanded in custody to appear before Truro Crown Court tomorrow.